Huizhou Inkstick in Anhui

 June 4, 2020
A worker applies wax to an inkstick at a workshop of Huizhou inkstick in Shexian County, east China's Anhui Province, May 20, 2020. [Xinhua/Liu Junxi]

 

Inkstick is widely used in traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy. Produced in solid form rather than liquid, it lasts for generations without drying out. Along with ink brush, inkstone and paper, inkstick is one of the "Four Treasures of Study" in traditional Chinese culture. The Huizhou inkstick is a highly regarded inkstick and gets its name from the historical Huizhou Region, largely in what is now Anhui Province. Due to the complexity of its making and the exquisite decorations applied to it, the Huizhou inkstick is often considered a piece of art itself.

A worker fills the painting on an inkstick with colors at a workshop of Huizhou inkstick in Shexian County, east China's Anhui Province, May 20, 2020. [Xinhua/Liu Junxi]

 

Xiang Desheng, an inheritor of Huizhou inkstick making technique, works on a molding for inkstick at a workshop in Shexian County, east China's Anhui Province, May 20, 2020. [Xinhua/Liu Junxi]

 

A worker hammers unfinished inksticks at a workshop of Huizhou inkstick in Shexian County, east China's Anhui Province, May 21, 2020. [Xinhua/Zhang Duan]

 

Xiang Desheng, an inheritor of Huizhou inkstick making technique, makes a molding for inkstick at a workshop in Shexian County, east China's Anhui Province, May 20, 2020. [Xinhua/Liu Junxi]

 

(Source: Xinhua)

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